Desert farming benefits from microbial potential in arid soils and promotes diversity and plant health

To convert deserts into arable, green landscapes is a global vision, and desert farming is a strong growing area of agriculture world-wide. However, its effect on diversity of soil microbial communities, which are responsible for important ecosystem services like plant health, is still not known.

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Publication Date: 
02/09/2011
Martina Köberl, Henry Müller, Elshahat M. Ramadan & et al
PLoS ONE
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Tags:
Agriculture, Dryland Farming, Deserts, Micro Organisms, Soil Capability, Egypt, Ecosystems